Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 30, 1888, Page 1

— THE OMAHA Dany BEE 3 ' SEVENTEENTH YEAR OMAHA, MONDAY, MORNING, JANUARY 30, 18SS, NUMBER "" MURDERED HIS YOUNG WIFE, Cold Blooded COrime of Louis Bull- ing at St. Joseph. HER HONOR AND THEN HER LIFE. A Forced Marriage Ended With a Pist St. Josgrit, Mo., Jan. spent saloon Bloom of a after Bulling is twe still alive, that aff n Determined to Inflict Su mary Punishment. A Sunday Tragedy. his time in low 8 and carrie ous marks of fistic encounters. years ago ho was compelled to marry a little jarl of sixteen years of age 1 whom he had seduced, respectable widow. A vard sh Son yas a tough. He He dives Bullin, et—Indignant Citizens 20.— [Special Tele- gram to the Bee.)—A parallel of the cold- blooded wife murder of lst Aprilin this city, for which a Bohemian named Hronek is now in the Buchanan county jail under death sc tence, occurred to-day in the murder of Mrs. Flora Bulling by her husband, Lou ty-five years old and a son of one of St. Joseph's most respected Gor- man citizens, who conducts a_ general store near the foot of Sixteenth strect. always been a wild fellow and has gained considerable notoriet, has has and upon his person numer- About three fow named Flora the daughter months ve birth to a child which is cctful was her husband ot putting up with him as long s she could she left him three wecks ago and se- cured employment as a waiterat the Herbert house at Fourth and Charles street. This afternoon about 2:20 o'clock her hus- band called at the hotel and asked to sce he The woman sent word that she did not care to sce him, when Bulling insisted that she he had was, him, wife ‘with h ger that she pushed his wa 0 and sh 1 come for them. had some things of his in her trunk and that She told the messen- would get the things and turn them over to her hushand, whom she whould wait at the door until she had done so. When the word was conveyed to'Bulling he ¢ ingo the room where his wife red closing and locking the door behind The last aliv that was as was the her back to the door. en of door w was bending over her open trunk The bolt had not his ent been turned a minute before three shots in quick lying o forehe oo ¢ ing. A howling su re heard. s8ion we the trunk with o above the right rad cad. Only one shot took with the smoking pistol, a 35-cal Bull Dog,” in_ his rizhi hand desperat tured « )1 Wats 800n The br: were qozing out upon the floor and she_ was quite ITJ ing was standing in the effect. By ibre He m: ice, The door was at once broken open and the woman found bullet hole in her ns ull- nter of the floor wus cap- on their heels, discovering which the police secreted Bull® 'here is no question but if he can be found to-n Heis the city South l!\xll!m.' haudhis 't ear bitten off, ot as a “‘mascot.” car ]n shaking dice at saloon quent out the cou ago he ony. of the most ud for several yeas While eng: ago with one St Joseph. riesin his vest o 6 )y pulled the bit of sh af his pocket and beside him, o to force his way 1 rufffans This rive Toot. izht he will be swungto the nearest lamp- post without e nothing to say about. his crime, , desperate has terror ear put it upon A couple of weeks into le's opera house on the representation that he was a policeman and it took a half dozen men to rem D ert togeth comm held numerous offi nove him. The family elongs s a lurge and wealthy consi iderable influ nce olit h unit and his fath s in the It ne. A SHOOTING CITY EDITOR. He Uses a Kxe Rule, in accompanicd b, John theirs about morni answe St. John's Pistol Three Tenn., Jan, itor of the DXVILL city ¢ and Willinn West and named Goodiian. A communication in the ng ing upon Dr, T, ian and father of John refused to make any -As towhich Bulling ex- and al- s one of the most prominent in_this and uncles have ty and county. Successfully on ssaflants, James Journal, was enter- piscopal chureh this morning, his wife, he was accosted by a friend of > Journ AW t, Ci They attacked Rule this ¥ nd William, satisfact ory to the question and William West struck him and attempted to bear him to the sidew: John immediate through his wrist in the buck sevel tempt only i again alk, Rule drew a West through the body. fived on Ru John We 1 times. ed to shoot nflicted a scalp wound, , hitting Goodman in he A number of men rushed from the chu and stopped the blooay*fight. run a 1y an paper Dr. West to be city counci colleg to mul iy digna nounc comui Prominent Mexicans Sr. the B City of Mexico, u duel_took place betwes third Rite promi of a ana the Temp! mand’ with the gener weipe clipp declined by position, but the wily uninjur hurt, but Joh mstances which ¢ article was_the ol West is o ke him elegible. D tion of regular phy ced by the medical society. wunity sides with Rule, —— dying. The enf A MASONIC DUEL. tols Without Fata Louis, Jan. 20.— [Spec On the plains of 1 Senor Ermillo G s mason, edito en dog Organ nent Templar, fight L the Cruz Templar, and A challenge Canton answer in lars. tu Proper source inent Templar. edo_and Senor C o yards dis fired ‘simultaieously, w weapons. s were then used, d the mouthpie ro, near yeste Carton, o thir of the Scottish and General Jesus The quar cottish Rite Organ Toled rel grew involved n It caine, Jarton ance, and atthe effect, Senor Carton and the soldier e of ‘a cigar-holder out ithout revolver and shot Willinm West, ball passing t then cut Rule William West at- Rule through the head but Rule then fired tho_shoulde h Willimn West 1. Rule is not dunger- The lled out the news ‘tion ypsterday of physician “by the city il West is not a graduate of a me nd the council repealed an ordinunce aroused the in- ans and was de- tire ight With Pis- Results, al Telegram to the v o, & out the from the editor was on the ground of social suggested for the chullenge was and ot at om. of the citizen’s pockot, grazed the flesh, and Jouor was satistied. The Temy eome bk iwto cawp, and ull is harmenious. Despe ROCKPOKT, gram the case of Franklin gang of ho dered De Long wm September last, retus ict Franklin boys have boen-the bolde: - Moy Jup. . & the RBee)— . C. Reddis to this morning of uot ado Redding Acqu @ thieves w ted, Jury L Fuilty outl; —[Special Tele- e a member of th in a The s inthe northwest since the extermination of the Ju LEes i, ristiu 1t was hoped that Redding would be convicted andacoulession ol Killed His Wife Then Suicided Prrrsivig, Jan, u Felick, morning, killed his wifo then suicided. had been unabie to obtain work for the past #ix months and it is thought, was tew iusane. He leaves six chidien. More It Lou by Jol an Co viLLE, Ky, Ju ho Martin, of th nty Killings. A lette this He carily received Lowen county Mur tin-Tolliver feud, suys thut in & row at a art ead, at Mrs, Nellie Walker's uear on the 4th, duee wmeén wosuded, M ore fal A CALAMITY AVERTED. Rescue of the Inmates of a Burning Children's Hospital. | NEW Yonk, Jan. 20, —The hospital for the ruptured and crippled at Lexington avenue and Forty-second street, where 163 crippled children were under treatment came near being th ne of a terrible d ter to-night. About 7 o'clock two little girls, going up the stairs to their rooms, found the second floor filled with smoki Without saying a word y made their way down stairs and gave alarm to the nurse, Rapidly as possible children were taken out and safely housed across the street without damage to any of them. When the fire was subdued it was found that Mary Donnelly had been smoth- ©d to death in her room on the top floor. Another Close Call. New York, Jan. 20.--Shortly after mid- night a fire broke out in the Roman Catholic orphan asylum in Brooklyn, occupied by 400 children. The fAlames were subdued uafter some trouble, and no lives lost, Killed by a Uriea, N. Y., Jan. 20.- at Malon house, operu this nunmnu Explosion. The Empire block in which is located the Howard Al stor use and sey The burned e an explosion of zas during the fir Chester killed and severalothers s injured. A Big Blaze at Pittsburg. Prrrsnvie, Jan Urling & Sons, deal- ors in clothing, Heeren Bros., wholesale jewelers, and Haslage & Co., wholesale grocers, were burned out this morning. The Tsance ltly lusses on stocks and buildings aggregate £300,000. Tnsurance ample. Fira at Promiy, T, Jan, 20.—The chamber of com- merce building was damaged #0,00 by fire tomight. The Western U Postal tele- graph and several other oftl cd by smoke in small anounts, o i o FATAL RAILROAD COLLISION An Engincer Killed and a Fireman orin, ‘The second section of u passenger train ran into the first section near Screven, on the Savannah, Florida & Western railroad last evening, killing Engi- neer Devine and seriously injuringa fireman.. Four sleeping cars were burned. No details ure yet obtainable. e R TORONTO'S BANK TROUBLES, Officials Tell How a Little Mistake Caused a Suspensic Toroxto, Ont., Jan. {Special Tele- gram to the Bee.] —The Central bank letters are creating o fund of amusement, wmingled with disgust, in Toronto business circles. They uncover a nest of bank wre s whose existence, long suspected, was never fully proved until the liquidators, Messrs. Howland und Yooderham, forced the fight- ing and uncovered the glaring facts. The ambiguous way in which the letters are worded and the aiv of mystery which per- vades them show that the authors knew they were engaged in something not altogether above board—something that it was to their interest to conceal as much as possible—and the publication of them increases the sus- picions which have long existed that this banking concern, in its latter days, was uflwl by trickster: chose. Cashier Allen, in conversation with a Iricad weeks before his flight, stated that D. Mitchell dicPanald and another director had offered him alarge sum of money to jump the country. i In an interview General Manager Yarlker, of the Federal bank, when asked the causes which led to the liquidation, said: “The causes were twofold, The Central bank's crash was the first blow. Had it not been for that we would have in all probability pulled through all right, and even then ther was a chance had it not been for those tele: grams sent out by the Michigan Central. 'I‘l e Saturday following the Central's collapse the head oftice of the Michigan Central rail- roud sent a dispatch to them agents all along the line of their conuections not to take the Federal bank bills. Of course, they meant ‘Central,’ but in mstgke used our name. "This was the last straw, and, of course, ther was no other course lefu for us but to liqui- date.” Cinicaco, Jan, the Bee.]—Vi spent to-day very quietly at the Grand Pacific hotel, his physicians refus- ing to allow him to leave his room. s of visitors were returned stating that Mr. Potter required absolute rest and must not be disturbed. Frrom +the hotel people it was learned that the reports of Potter’s illness have not yet been exaggerated and that he is still a very sick man, He is under constant medical care and part of the regime pre- scribed is that the patient shall not leave his bed or give the slightest attention to business. With completo rest the physicians hope to have Mr. Potter on his feet again in a few duys. The number of personal friends who inquired after the railroad man was very large, and much sympathy was expressed when the seriousness of his illness became known. = PO Colman on Pleuro-Pneumonia, WASHINGTON, 20.—In response 1o a Jan. 2 request from the senate committee on agri- culture and forestry, Commissioner Colman hus written a long letter setting forth his views with regard to the suppression of pleuro-pucumonia, He reviews at some length the history and method of the work of the burcau of animal industry und says congress should clearly understand thut this method of work is absolutely essential ‘o wipe out the disease, and that: any law which falls short in_any one particular will fail of its purpose and the money expended under it will be thrown away. Commissioner Colwan expresses the belief that the plan of state co-operation is preferable to one which relies solely upon the national authority. sfiad 4 Colonel Dan Wants Advancement. New Yonx .—[Special Telogram to the Big.]- wl to the World from Warsaw, N 3 that Colonel Dan La- mont is laying bipes to seeurc the demoeratic nowination for governor of New York state provided the present programme of Clev lond and Hill does not fail to work. The authority for this is a gentleman from La- s old howe, McGrowville, N. Y., who ntimate fricnd of the colonel and whose end of the colonel's wife. Ac- jority of the men who v York state convention beon waterially aided in one il being out “Lamont could is a wife is o f) cording to i will compor next fall ba way or another by Lamont. 0f ho way, ! sy the triend, - Stean ahip Arrival New York, ~[Speelal Telegram to | the Bik ~Tiio Germanic and the Queen, from Liverpool; the Lydisn Mon- reh, from the. Albany, from Japan and China, e Fuel Reaches Brown's Valley. Sr. 1w, Jawn, -The Browa's Valley road is now apew to Ih‘fl\ru ‘s Velley and th first teain since December 26 has reached | thit place with several car louds of fus et A Negeo Lynchod. Atk City, Jan. 29, Ben Edwards, a col- AIST, Was b uchied ken from jJaii iast pight MANDERSON'S PENSION BILL. Senator Davis to Speak in Favor of It. CLEVELAND TO BE CRITICISED. Dizhonorable Mecthod By Which a Democrat is Trying to Unseeat a Republican Kepresentative— Politics at Washington. ‘Will Probably Pass. SHINGTON Bunreav e Ovana Bee, } 513 FOURTEENTH STREET, WASHINGTON, D, . 0. There is not much legislation of importance for the week in congress. That which will likely interest Bee readers most is the dependent pension vill of Mr. Manderson, which the senate intends to pass. It has been reported favorably from the committee pensions by Chairman Davis, of Minnesota, and he and Mr. Manderson intend to make speeches in its support while the measure is under consideration. It is expected that they will “rip up the back” President Cleveland's attitude on pensions generally, and his vetoes of general and private pension bills, in par- ticular. Should they have opportunity to speak they will undoubtedly bring out the other side in a hot discussion. Mr Voorhees of Indiana, has announced that he will justify the president’s vetoes and the opposition of his party to further pension legislation, and espec- ially to a dependent or universal pension law. A UNIQUE CONTESTED ELECTION CASE. In the house during the weck an interesting contest-clection case is to be disposed of. It is that of Lowry against White, of the Fort Wayne, Ind., district. White is in the seat now, having received the certificate of election from a democratic governor. The district 18 about 2,400 democratic. Lowry, who is an old school democrat, was twice elected, but gave such poor satisfaction to his constituents that his party turned on him in the last cunpaign, and he was defeated by over 2,500 majority. White is a Scotchman and Lowry is an Irishman. . Both are over fifty years old. In 1856 the records of Allen county show that White applied for natural- ization papers. In 1861 he went into the union army, was an excellent soldier, arose in the ranks and was wounded in battle, Just before he enlisted he took out his natur- alization papers, but they were lost in the confusion of the war, and in 1865 he again took out naturalization papers. These were cither mislmd or burned in a fire which de- stroyed his store. Lowry was on the bench & long time, from 1863 aud he knew the records. A few days before the election of 183, when White was elected, Lowry, knowing there was no record proof of White's natu ion, _posted notices warning voters against casfing their ballots for White, declaring he was not uralized citizen. Wken ll \rm ume knu\vn th t Wh luul more th 3 \\nuld unseat hlm and he contested it. committeo on elcctions has decided, by a v vote, that White cannot prove his nat- tion by parole_testimon, he not, as he h and prove t done, bring m living witne they were present in cour were issued ving received votes cast, is not en- republicans will fight the majority report in the house. They clare it an_outrage that a man who produces the record to show that he made a declara- tion of citizenship in 1866, sorved i tho anjon when the first and sccond paper: to him and that Lowry, not h war, proves by reputable citizens that he took out his naturalization papers and_has iost them, and that he has lived in the country m than thirty years, held local offices and been recognized us a citizen all the time, should not be aHowed to take his seat in the congress becausa he cannot prove by the court records that he re- ceived his naturalization papers, when he proves that no record was made on account of notorious carlessness, no record in that era having been made of many other naturaliza- tion pupers issued, divorces granted, ete. It is probable that a very lively time will be had over the case in the house about. Thurs- day. The democratic party leaders are cracking the whip over recreant members to-night and driving into line those who de- clure they will not support the majority report. ‘The republicans have a majority of the states ingghe house of one, Indiana’s delegation st#Mding seven, republicans, six democrats, If the presidential election next fall should be in doubt and go to congress for settlement it car nportant it is to have a majori »can be un- seated and the election thrown back to the people the democrats believe they can elect a democratic successor, as White cannot run again, being unseated as ineligible, and they may elect,” as they have 2400 ' majority normally, This is considered the most in- teresting case that has come before the house for many years. TO AMEND MA INFANTRY BILL. A writer_on affuirs in to-day's New York Hei “To the Mander- son bill in the senate and its equivalent in the house will be offered an important amend- ment. It will amend line 15, scction 1, by a provision that of the fifty majors of infantry ted by the act, six shall be taken from life. The number was twelve but it was thought best to reduce to the number stated. The purpose of this amendment is to give some former officers of the army, who resigned and went into business enter barren and whose r s thut have proved ords are exceptionally good, a chance to k into the service. “That' it will bring some very powerful influ- ence to the aid of the measure is certam. [ think it is mainly in the interest of three or four gentlemen whose services have been of the most disinguished character, who would be glad to return to the army and whom the army would be glad to have, If I mistake not one of these gentlemen was a distinguished member of the staff of Sergeant General Grant, What the house may think of the amendment I, of course, cannot say but I merely trust Y Succees Perny S. Hearn, A Committee D nding Recognition WASIINGTON, Jan. 20.—The house commit- tee on the alcoholic liquor traffic has in- structed its chairman, Representative Camp- bell, of Ohio, to call the speaker's attention to the fact that bills relating to the liquor business have been referred to the committees on judiciary, ways and mcans, and the District of Columbia, instead of the commit- tee on the alcoholie liquor traffie, which, it coutends, properly has jurisdiction over ull bills affecting the liquor question. On the 9th of February the committee wiil give a hearing 10 a delegation from the National Temperance alliance on the bill to create a mmission 10 inquire into the liquor traffie, cpresentative Campbell said to-night, while he could not speak for the full committee, he personally was not in favor of prohibition. A strict license law, he thought, would prove effective. This Week of Congres: WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—The education bill runains the unfinished business of the senate for to-morrow, It is likely it will give place temporarily to the house bill making appro- priations for agricultural experiment sta- tions. 1f brought to vote before the end of the week it will probably be succeeded by the undervatuation or dependent pension bills. The urgent deficiency bill will be re- ported to the Louse in the beginning of the weel wnd will probably occupy attention for aday or two. The Wilkins national bank Uil stands fiest in the order of unfinished business, but if Wilkin's remains ill, it will probubly give way to a resolution assigning an nulimited period of timo for the consider- ation of a large number of bills for ke erec- tion of public bul PUGILISTIO POINTS. More Paper Fighting About the Sev- cral Champlons in England. [Copuright 1588 by Jomea Gordon Bennett.] Loxnos, Jan, 20.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Ber.)—The Heraid's interviews with Harding, Johnson, Wakeley, ete., have been seized upon by the London press and especially by the sporting papers. Their statements have been extensively copied and commented upon. Into this ring this morning pony Moore shics his cap with a challenge, addressed to the secrctary of the Sporting Life. In the course of this Moore says: “I challenge any Englishman or American to prove I had one peuny bet on Smith, My sympathy and whatever else I had been cnabled to offer have been given to Jake Kil rain, who was my friend from the first time I met him in Americaand ever since. When Kilrain is in London my house is his home. As regards Mr. Johnson's statement about my hedging, he does mot speak the truth. penny I had on the fight was bet on Kilrain. As regurds the bet between Mr. Sage and myself, that is another untruth,and 1 take this opportunity of denying it in toto, and Mr. Lynch and Mr. Wakeley's state- ments of the affair. Now as regards the four Americans that were left, I would here state it was entirely their own fault, and judging from their behavior when they were met by us in Paris it was, T think, quite as well for the sake of order and fair play that they were notwpresent gt the fight, for their behavior was simply that of bullies, threatening to make it warm for us whenever we arrive in America, instead of thanking and bemg proud of Kilrain for his gallant, courageous conduct. As regards their threats to me, I wish them to thor- oughly understand, although now old in years, I am not afraid of any such as made the threats. ‘The only truth in Johnson's statement is where he makes meution of Charlie Mitchell as my son-in-law. Never was father prouder of @ son, and I am sure every true American must honor and respect both him and Charley Rowell for the kind, brotherly manner in which they looked after the nterest of my friend, the champion of America, Jake Kilrain,” Commenting on the raw war of words whizh has setinon both sides the Atlantie, the current number of the Country Gentle- man newspaper says: “If some person of power does not exercise a peaceful influence, the fighting men will fight, and what would come of that 1 donot careto contemplate. Your Smiths and Kilrains, and your Sulli- vans and your Mitehells, your Ashtons and your Davis, bave , talked themsclves into a fever, and assuredly they will fight one fineday. I would, for my part. much sooner hear these gentlemen ban- ter one another than see them spar or fight. From the former one night I learncd much that is novel in the way of phrase and fable.” This morning’s Sportsman offers an apology to Moore for having copied the New York statement, Pat Sheedy sailed Saturday on the Umbria. He said on leaving Queenstown: I feel confident that Sullivan, who aches for a go at Mitchell, will knock him out before the fifth round is completed. Howevor, in jus- tice to Mitchell, it is only fair to state that iie possesses far more seiénee. than his profes- sional brothers, Smith pn@ Kilrain. Tt is very- injudicions cn the of the American champion to condescend even to meet Mitch- ell, as hie hus nothing to gain by it.” A Princely Betrothal. StockmoLM, Jun. 20.—Prince Oscar was formally betrothed to Miss Munck in the royal palace to-day. The ceremony was a brilliant” one and was witnessed by all the members of the royal family and cabinet ministers, Requiem Service Forbidden. Loxvoy, Jan. 20.—Cardinal Manning has forbidden the proposed requiem services in wemory of Prince Charles Bdward Stuus ik - ot The Austrian Loan Consummated. Pestir, Jan, 20.—The negotiations with the Rothschild syndicate for the issue of a4 per cent rentes to the amount of 15,000,000, have been concluded. Requested to Evacuate, CoNSTANTINOPLE, Jan, 20.—The Porte has requested England to evacuate Zeilah. 2o dotiany POTATOES ARE SCARCE. A Shortage in the Crop Ca: impartation, Cmicaco, Jan. 29.(Special Telegram to the Bee.]—Since the potato failure of 1881 potatoes have not been dearer or scarcer over the country than they noware. The crop last year in Michigan, southern Wisconsin and New York—the three greatest potato producing states—was & total failure. The Illinois and Indiana crop was far below the average, and Missouri, Towa and Ohio did not fare much better. During the early fall and winter the scarcity was not felt so badly, but since the railroads ‘have been blocked by storms in the northwest the scarcity has grown daily and pricés have gone up. Since about January 1 foreign consignments of po- tatoes direct’ from Scotland, Germany and Denmark have been made to this city. Other great distributing points—St. Louis and Kan- tas City—have been in a measure supplied with Utah and Colorado potataes, but the supply has now kiven out, and calls dre being made upon this city wuich it w'l be dificult to fill, until at least the weather moderates, s Heavy The lirgest consignment made dur Europe to_any firm in_this ci which arrived Thursday to a_commis house It consisted of 8,000 bushels from Rotterdam. The head of the firm s to areporter to-day that until the blizzard set in Manitoba had shipped larg quantities to this cbuntry, but since then the they > compelled to send to Europe. The potatoes cost in Europe 10 to 15 cents a bushel. In Chicago they are now bringing 90 cents, with o prospeet of going higher. Chicago' consamers use between nine and ten thousand bushels a day, and_very little of the importations have been shipped away. INDIGNATIO! MSNIT()IL\. The Proposition For a Compromise Causes Indignation. WiNyIPEG, Jan, 20.[Special Telegram to the B A storm of ‘indignation has been created umong fhe independent members of the conservativa party over the proposition for a compromise with the Dominion govern- ment and the Campdian Pacific outlined in the conservative meeting at Brandon. This proposition condemns she sclection of Nor- quay as the conservative leader and declares that all agitation over the completion of the Red River Valley railroad should be abandoned, if the Canadian | Pacific makes “ certain neessions, among them that its monopoly shall be abandoned in 1801, J. B. MeKillingan, one of the most prominent conservatives, sends in his resig- nation as a member of the Conservative asso- ciation, aud declares that us between the Dominlon government and the proviuce no compromise can be made that does not give an immediate cessation of the disallowanc policy. “‘And if agitation is necessary to ue- complish our ends, it will be the Dominion government that is to olame for the conse- quences.” Manitoba is on the eve of an agi- tatiou far gl'(‘uwr than any pn\ ious one. - Redpath fllrl ken “'Illl Paralysis. NEW Youk, Jan. 20~ James Redpath, the ken with paralysis yes- THE SCHOOL BOOK MONOPOLY. Two Bills On the Subject Before Iowa's Legislature. CONCERNING PUBLIC PRINTING. A Proposition For the State to Open an Establishment of Its Own— Farmers Unable to Ship Their Geain, Getting Down to Business. Drs Moixes, Tn., Jan, 20.—[Special to_the Bee,]—The legislature has had nearly & week of preliminary work, and will soon settle down to business, So many members seemed to feel that they would not be earn- ing their salary if they did not introduce a number of bills, that it has taken some time for them to unload and get ready for work instead of buncombe. The committees have been organized long enough for them to sive up the task before them and begin to dispose of some of it. This coming week there will probably be a number of bills reported buck 10 the house in which they originated, ready for action of some kind. FIEE SCHOOT, TOOKS. The school book question is oneof the prominent ones before the legislature. 8o far there has been no well-defined policy in the minds of a majority of its members as to what should be done. There isagencral feeling that some relief from the monopoly must be afforded, but it is not so clear what that relief should be, The bill most dis- cussed 80 far is that of Scnator Finn, chair- man of the scnate committee on schools. His bill is quite broad and_elastic in_its prov jons, and provides for using the exceutive council s a special school commission, with- out extra expense. This commission 18 to have authority to purchase books for the state at the lowest contract price, aud if sat- 1sfactory terms are not offered then the com- mission can publish a series of text books themselves. The feature of having the state, under any contingency, go into the business of publishing books is regarded by many us the unfortunate part of this bill. There is yery general opposition 10 a move of this ind. Senator Harsh, another new member, has also prepared ' school book bill. His bill provides for submitting the question of free text books to the voters of any school district or district township at the time of the school election. If they vote for free text boo then the district, at public expense, must f nish all the text books needed for a period of not less than three years. If so ordered, the school board, in consultation with the coun superintendent of schools, and city superin- tendent when such officer exists, shall select a series of books aud the necessary paper, slates and pencils and furnish them to pupils free of charge. The board, however, is not compelled 10 be bound by 'the adyice of the county superintendent, thus leaving it free t0 act in case he shall scem to be unduly in fluenced by auy publisher. The advantage claimed for this_bill is that it secures ur’ formity in the district and furnishes the books of pupils free, Then if they move from one district to another it will muke no pecumary difference to them should another of books be used, for_they would be sup- plicd-without charge, Senator Harsh's bill meats_wiis considerable favor, and it is thought that this or something like it will pass. THE STATE PRINTING, > One of the reforms that is being discuesed relates to saving in the matter of the state printing and binding. At present the state printer and the state binder are elected by the legislature and are permitted to charge for their work according to an_established schedule of prices, The bills for this work amount to a large sum every year, and_some think it wonid_be more economical if the state were to furnish a printing and_ binding oftice of 1ts own and do its own_work, Sen- ator Weber has introduced a bill for that pur- pese, which provides that the executive council shall set apart rooms in either the old or new capitol, where the printing - shall be done under the direction of a foreman, whose saiary shull not excced £1,500 per y The foreman is to ewmploy the " necessary printers and binders, and they shall do ail the printing and _binding required by the state upon the order of the secretary of state, The fact that the old capitol is about empty and being put to no service by the state, sug- gests to many the advisability of turning it into a state printing and binding office, Tt is hardly likely that Senator Weber's bill will pass, though some changes in the present methods may be made. MOKE CAIS NEEDED, The scarcity of freight cars in northwest- ern Towa is proving a great embarrassment and often hardships to the people of that sec- tion. od by the gover nor or on this subject nearly ever; In one county in western day. lowa there is not a grain eclevator open to farmers. The owners are unable to get cars 10 ship away their grain, and so they refuse to take any more till_some can be moveed out of the way. The farmers who have been looking to the sale of their gram for money to pay interest and taxes are seriously em- barrassed ut the delay. They cannat get ops to market, and so cannot get any y, About all the commissioners can do i8 to urg railroads to furnish all the cars they possibly can, but the railroads do not seem to be cqual to the occasion, The large s in parts of the northwest appear t umped the roads, or at least tempor y “rattled” them. RSHALLTOWN SOLDIERS' HOME, islative committee which visited the " home at Marshalltown, brought back flattering reports of its conditions und good work it is doing. This is the first perience Towa has had with such an institu- tion, and its success far sury expecta- tion. The_building which 1s handsonicly, as well as substantially, built, contains accom- modations for 300 old ‘soldiers, and by erowd- ing some, 400 might be taken care of. The voterans have plenty of good food to eat, Their quarters are lighted by electricity and heated by ste They have games fo amusement, reading for entertainment, and find the time pass v Their is some talk of having the | pass a bill tend: the property to the government for a national soldiers' home, on condition that it will be kept up for this purpose. The Board of Pharmacy Commissioners ve just issucd their biennial report,in which 10 set themselves right with the publie, and incline public opinion favorably 10 their During the last few days they ved scveral raps. The su- e « them in two or three had tenaciously held., sunced upon o court ov s, which they The house of re them with both and repealed their rul- ing that only drug’ stores sell concen- trated lye, 80 that the commissiouers have been having much grief. Hov they are doing good work i some directions, and have done much to prevent violations of the liquor law by drug store saloons. What the Legislature is Doing. Des Moies, Ia., Jan, 29. 1to the Bre]—A copy of last Monday's BEE, con tawing my predictions of the probable action of each senator on the bills for regulating railroads, strayed into the senate chamber in the early part of the week and created no small commotion. The senators classed s antimonopolists were extremely happy and made no attempt to deny the statement, but the sixteen classed as opposed to railroad legislation were sorely troubled and quite out of humor over the matter. The railroad committee have held several meetings since and my prediction has been verified in every case 8o far as these are con- cerned. Several of the eleven who were put in the doubtful list have made haste to either ntroduce anti-monopoly bil's or to declare theuselves in sywpathy wilth Lbe preseut n spirit of the people on these questions. So it looks now extremely favorable for advanced railroad legislation. The railroads took another tack last week, but with what result remains to be seen. Hon. A, B, Cummins, ~ of this city, & well known attorney for the ~Rock Island, who was elected 1o the lows house ostensi bly as an _anti-prohibitionjst, but really by the confederated monopolies—railroads and insurance companies—to represent their in- terests, has introduced a long, cumbersome and complicated bill granting power to ‘the railroad commissioners to fix_rates for both freight and passengers, and the whole power of the corporations will be excrted to pass this bill, A few days ago thero was a v city, of shippers made up to some cxtent of mer’ who desire special rates, and the rail- road problem was the chief topic of the dis- cussion. This convention endorsed, some say unanimously, the Cummins bill, and the corporation organs are industriously civeu. lating this fact to_iufluence the actions of the legislators and bring them over to its support. How the anti-monopolists are not to be caught by this chafl, and will, al- most to a man support the bill prepared by Messrs. Berryhill, Feale, Custer, Tipton and other anti-monopoly leaders nd wpproved by Président Kennedy, of the Farmers’ alliance, “his bill provides for the election of railrond commissione fixes maximum freight charges, and grants power to the commission- ers to modify the rates, but in no case shall they exceed the highest rate fixed by law. The first contest in the railvond committee of the scnate has resulted in a victory for the people, that body after a sharp contest | agrreed to report back the bill requirin roads to fence their lines, with a recommen- dation that it do ting in this NO 011, ROOM has yet been opened in th John'S. Russnolls, but now of Chic city but Hon. formerly of Dos Moines 0, and J. K. Blythe, of Bur lington, attorneys for the Chicago, Burling- ton & Quiney, are on the ground viewing the situntion und hobnobbing with their funds in the senate. A vicious growl has gone up from the cor- poration organs all over the stute over the make-up of the railroad committecs of the house and senate. Speaker Redman placed cight farmers defore the house committee and not a single cor por. Lieuten- ant Governor Hill was not uble to do as well, but he only gave the railroads three out of the eleven members and it is wquestion if the anti-monopolists like McVay, of Calhoun, do 1ot actually have o majority” of the cowmmit- tee, The SENSATION OF THE WEEK Was the introduction into both houses, Thursday, of the bill supplementary to the Clark law. It has been known for somo time that a committee of the State Temperance Alliance and a number of leading prohibition- ists were busy preparing a measure to abolish saloon drug stores, but few wore believe that prepared to ameasure so radical and ex- treme as the bill proposed would be the out- come. The bill absolutely takes away the sale and handling of alcohol in all its forms from the druggists except for making tine- tures and compounds, and vests it in the hands of agents to be appointed by the dis- trict judge. Not more than four agents can be appointed in any one county, and they are s0 hedged about by the most “crroncous and exacting conditions that, if the bill passes, it is questionable whether any one will und take the sale of liquors except in _the largest cities. The bill provides that all liquor packages shall be stamped, and that liquors found m unstamped packages shalt be sub- ject 1 seizure; also that no person can pur- chase intoxicating lignor of any kind unless he subscribes to an oath 'that it is for ~some specified, lawful purpose. The committees on the suppression of temperance, in both houses, are so consti- tuted that the bill will very likely secure a fayorable report and, radical and extreme as it is, the prohibitionists will give it a strong support and may be able.ia.secure _enough votes to make it a law. Shoul® th&Bill pass, it will either wipe out the liquor trafic ely or create such a revulsion of public feeling that a high license law similar to that ka will be cnacted by the next book que vhilé & large majority are certainly +t something should be done to cheapen the price of school books, none of the numerous | od meet with much favor. A number favor the idea that the district’ should purc the books and furnish them to the pupils free, while others believe that a uniform system should be published by ihe state and fur- nished at actual cost. Still others think that the state should purchase all the books at wholesale of the lowest bidders and furnish them the distri to s at this op- tion. Some measure of this kind may get through, bt the large number of school book lcbbyists in attend- ance will endeavor to so confuse matters as to make an action difticult. ‘The teachers of the state are by no means 4 unit on the ques- tion. Many of them bitterly oppose the adoption of o uniform sy aiming that i nent in prog- or in the composi- ¢ but that there has c the better in the tion. NO one can been a decided change arrangement of type and forms as well as in subject watter of school books in the last few years and this argument has some weight with legislators LEGISLATURE GOSSIP. succeeded in passing one meas- ure this week: bill appropriating §7,200 to rebuild the kitchen and dining hall of the Soldiers’ Orphans' Home at Davenport, which was recently destroyed by fire. Much of the mm- ‘was given to comm work. The registration bill passed two years ago compelling the voters in all citics of the first class to register before every election proved an elephant on the hands of the republicans and the author of the bill, Senator Hutchin- son, of Wopello, made histe to amend its provisions so that a registration will only be necessary once in four years, Every effort is being made to pass the bill, so it will not bhe for' the coming spring ele REX. The hous Weather Indications. For Nebraska: followed by warmer, fair weather, light to fresh variable winds, . For Towa: Colder, fair weath light to fresh northwesterly For Dakota: S winds INCREASED INSURANCE, ry Weir Says Premiums Will Be Raised May 1. A reporter for the Bee called upon Secre- Weir, of the board of underwriters, to rtain when it was proposed to increase the rate of insurance in this city, as indicated in. his mote to this paper. He said he thought the raise wonld be made about the first of next May. The inerease in the department deemed desirable by the chairman of the commission of under- writers, J. L. Whitlock, of Chicago, in con- nection with Mr. W r, was us follows: Five standard steam fire engines, five hose carts, one hook-andladder aud all the hose, apparatus and men required by such a compliment. He said that the insuran, Omaha was lower than in weste erally, Kansas City, St. Paul St. Joseph and other plac this was the cas truck, in ities gen. Minneupolis, i when asked lied that the com :d uny varticularly sustained STION. ing of the police and fire alligan sent to that body five departiment. needed tus and accommodation wines, for use in At commizsion, Chief a suggestion that th the following upp “T'wo first-class steam (i the business | the carts, one for Kou Walnut Hill in the w t and ton street in the south, the last mentioned als to have u hook and ladder truck. The chief also suggested that a decent ceutral Lousc No i on Hu street) be secured present puilding was but a barn, Theve ninetoen men sleeping in it. Ho also ocom INnunm‘d the enlurgement of the Louse of 0, 4 FRESHIES OUTWIT THE SOPHS. . Exciting Little Episode Among Cor« nell University Students. AN ABDUCTION AND ESCAPE. Sophomores Carry the Freshman President Away Captive, But Ho Makes a Daring and Successful Break For Liberty, Stirred Up a Hornet's Nost. Trnaca, N. Y., Jan, 20— [Special Tologram to the Brr]—There was considorable exe citement in the college circles at Cornell unis versity to-night over the capture, abduction and remarkable and daring escape last evens ing of the president of the freshman class from a body of sophomores who had held him in duress for twenty-four hours. The trouble between the sophomores and freshe men grows out of the approaching unnual banquets of both classes within the next few weceks. There had been peace ever since the all-night fight several months ago and the first sign of u renewal of hostilities - was when Friday the sophomores came out with a pamphlet sativizing a secret meeting of tho freshmen elass and giving a four page ac- count of the proceedings. The sophomores decided to carry the war into the enemy's camp, and through the help of some of the seniors a plan was formed for kidnapping the freshman president and spiriting him away, tobe held in captivity until the froshman banquet, which comes off early next week, Accordingly Friday night about midnight & body of seniors and sophomorcs went to President Davis' lodgings on East Hill, burst open the door of his room, and after a hand- to-hand scuflie with Duvis and his chum- sue- ceeded in capturing the president. The cap- tive was tied and blindfolded and then led down stuirs. A closed curriage, which had been ¢ sccured for the occasion, was in waiting, and into this the captors and captive entored. The carriage was huzricdly driven off, leaving Davis' chum to give the alarm to the freshuen, The carriage and load of kidnappers was driven now one way and now another, through streets und alleys, in order to bewilder the captive und preclude vossibility of discovering whither he going. © After an hour's ride the ghted. and then a pedestrian tour be- gun. The captors led their victim up the hill and down, and walked him for a long time so that he would not know the locality of his prison howe. ~The party, as it afterward turned out, had sccured quarters for P dent Davis in the upper story of a house by oue Rupert, on Geneva strect, and into this place he was taken, after which both captors and captive went to sleep, Davis was curcfully guarded during the whole day and had no idea at first where he was. Hy the striking of _the church bells he gathered a general idea of his location and re- solved at noon to effect an escape. At halfpast 5 last evening tha sophomore _guards were horror stricken to see their ) oner wake a rush toward one of the windows. Hefore they could provent him Davis jumped, feet foremost, through two heavy curtains and a plate gluss window and disappeared from the sight of the guards. Fortunately for ,him, in_his fall of twenty or more foet, he dlighted on his feot and in & small_ bank ' of snow. Although seratched and sli ghtly bruised,he took to his hecls and soon reached a place of safety among his friends. The young man was safely guarded Inst night in a secret place by a lurge body of Treshmen. The affair will stir up a regular hornet's nest h The freshmen banquet cones off early in_the week and the sophomores ban- quet on Friday at Auburn. President Adams has summoned one or two of the leadors to lis side and his action may put a damper on later proceedings. - THE C ARANCE RE The Financial CORD. Transactions of the t Week. 20.— [Special Tele- gram to The following table compiled from dispatches to the Post from the managers of the leading clearing-louses of the United States, shows the gross ex- changes for the week ende 1888, with the rate per cent of in crease as compared with the amounts for the corresponding week last y e g 5 CITIES, CLEARINGS E |3 New York Hoston. Philadelphia’] Chicago. St. L San Francisco Pittsburg New Orly Ihlll\mnrfl 400600 BT 2UTRT, 400, | T | 2,61 Diiluth New Ha Galveston rtland Norfolk Worcester Springticld Wichita crse well., 1 Rapids Total . Outside New York. *Duluth not inch . Kinsler's drug i« preliminary wtholic Mutual A temporary organe ieh of the Benevolent association, ization was effected with ,I:-I.n 13 l-ln"\ i 1P, J. Ba ning the sume plice to effect w tion. ‘The workings of this so similar to that of the Catholic Knights, but the C. M less expensive of the two, iize suffciently stror to form a grand council. Dr, is the supreme supervising medical * of the national association. B. A. claim that their orga They expect ¢ enough in examin Begining Revivals, Rev. J. K. Ensign, ucting secretary of the Y. M. C. A, presided last night over a re- vival mecting inaugurated at the Dodge strect Freshytorian chureh, and which will continue all this week under the divection of Itev. W. J. Harsh us a the pastor. Last oight Mr. Ensign preached un o ut and inters esting sermon, taking his text from 11 Timos A the word.” There was & present, and a number of v arose for prayer. These meete ings prowise 10 be fruitful A rovival conducted bythe pastor, Rev. A W. Lamar, of the First Baplist church, core ner of Fifteenth and Davenport streets, will be beld all of this week, Mr. Lamar expects 1o be ussisted by a well known revivalist, Jerry Kernan Again in Trouble, ¢ Iernan, a notorious crook, was afe rly this morning for stealing a dress and cloak. The dress, which is worth upe wards of £10, e had sold to a woman named Belle Sanford for 50 cents, Only two ow thiee weeks ago Kernan most brutally aee good results, l saulted @ woman breakiog her leg, e PSS